Lieutenant General Grigorios Bountliakis
Lieutenant General Grigorios P. Bountliakis was born in 1966, in Heinsberg, Germany. He was admitted to the Hellenic Military Academy (Evelpidon) in 1985 and graduated in 1989 as an Infantry Second Lieutenant.
He has attended all required Infantry courses, the Army War College and the Hellenic National Defence College, from where he graduated with distinction.
In the course of his career, he has served in Infantry and Armour Units and Formations. As a junior Officer he has served as platoon leader and company commander in Mechanised Infantry Battalions and a Special Covering Battalion in Greece and Cyprus.
As a senior officer, he has served as Training Section Chief in the 3rd SO of the XXV Armoured Brigade, as Director of Support in the IV Support Brigade, as Director of Training and Exercises of D Army Corps “THRAKI”, as Operations Centre Director of EUFOR in Sarajevo, Bosnia – Herzegovina, as Company Commander of the 31st Anti-Tank Company, as Director of the 3rd SO of the 31st Mechanised Brigade “KAMIA”, as Commander of the 645th Mechanised Battalion, with which he deployed in Mitrovica, Kosovo, for six months, on a peacekeeping mission, as Logistics Director of D Army Corps “THRAKI”, as Military Attaché at the Greek Embassy in Ankara, as Intelligence Director at D Army Corps “THRAKI”, as Commander of the 21st Mechanised Infantry Regiment Tactical Command, as well as Deputy Director of the Defence Planning and Programming Directorate of HAGS.
In 2019 he was promoted to Brigadier General and assigned the duties of Commanding General of the 3rd Mechanised Brigade “RIMINI”, and subsequently as Director of the HAGS Intelligence and Security Directorate and the HNDGS Intelligence Analysis and Exploitation Directorate.
In 2022, he was promoted to Major General and assigned the duties of Commanding General of the 98th Higher National Guard Battalions Command “ARCHIPELAGO” for two years. In March 2024, he was appointed as HNDGGS Director of Military Intelligence (E Branch).
On 10 Jan 2025, he was promoted to Lieutenant General and, upon decision of the Governmental National Security Council, he was assigned as HAGS Chief of Staff.
Lieutenant General Grigorios P. Bountliakis has been awarded all decorations, medals, and commendations provided for his rank.
He holds a postgraduate degree in “Applied Strategy and International Security” from Plymouth University. He holds an undergraduate degree from the Department of Production and Management Engineering of Democritus University of Thrace and has graduated from the 7th Training Class of the “lifelong learning” Postgraduate Seminar of the Institute of Continuous Education, under the auspices of the HNDGS.
He speaks English and German.
